WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 26/01/15 - Questions & Answers |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
26/01/2015 | I'm a Celebrity.... | 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity. The celebrity's first name and surname is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers. | |
1. |
In April 2014 Dame Patricia Hodgson took over from Colette Bowe as Chair of which national authority responsible – amongst other things – for broadcasting? |
Ofcom |
2. |
In which European city would you find the John Frost bridge? |
Arnhem (John Frost led the paratroopers that tried to secure the bridge for the advancing Allies in 1944) |
3. |
In the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow the UK representative came 5th with the Andrew Lloyd Webber song It’s My Time. The singer was a former member of the group The Sugababes. What was her name? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Jade Ewen |
4. |
In which celebrated 1960 film does a character called Marion Crane stop for the night in Bakersfield, California? |
Psycho |
5. |
Which German State with its capital at Erfurt includes the cities of Jena and Weimar? |
Thuringia |
6. |
What was the name of the character in the 1966 film of Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons played by John Hurt who betrayed Thomas More and then went on to be Lord Chancellor during Edward VI’s reign? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Richard Rich |
7. |
Which
character from the French Revolution was referred to by essayist
Thomas Carlyle as “the sea-green Incorruptible”? (surname
provides the anagram letter) |
Maximilien de Robespierre |
8. |
Which legendary racehorse owned by the Duchess of Westminster was named after a mountain in Sutherland, Scotland that borders the Westminster estate? |
Arkle |
9. |
What spice is traditionally used to add flavour to rye bread? |
Caraway seeds |
10. |
In French metropolitan areas what is the name usually given to the areas between the ‘Ville Centre’ and the ‘Couronne Pėriurbaine’? |
Banlieues |
and the celebrity is the photographer... Robert Capa
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